In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by media theorist Douglas Rushkoff to discuss his new book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, which details how the ultra-wealthy are currently preparing for the apocalypse (33:08).
In addition, David is joined by comedian Dave Anthony and screenwriter Josh Olson, hosts of the Lever’s new “educational” podcast, The Audit. David, Dave, and Josh break down the news of the week, including shocking revelations about Herschel Walker and Dr. Oz, new GOP Facebook ads attempting to monetize the cruelty towards migrants, and the new slate of high-profile Supreme Court cases this session (3:58).
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While the multi-metaphorical premise of "Don't Look UP" is fabulous, and the "Climate Crisis" is very important --- neither is the most immediate nor deadly --- IMHO, "The Quiet American Empire" will be the first and current threat to our world unless we expose, excoriate, and 'excise' this:
Disguised Global Crony Capitalist Racist Propagandist Criminal Ecocidal Child-Killing & War-Starting EMPIRE, controlled by the ‘Ruling-Elite’, UHNWI, <0.003%ers, TCCers, arrogantly self-appointed "Masters of the Universe", and "Evil (not-so) Geniuses" [Kurt Andersen] — which hides Empire behind their totally corrupted dual-party Vichy-facade of faux-democracy.
The essential political-economic social solution must focus on:
LOVE
OVER
VIOLENT
EMPIRE
Over-turning this Capitalist Empire with Socialism & LOVE.